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As 2019 comes to an end, I find myself reflecting on everything that鈥檚 happened this year. From the horrific treatment of families at the border, to global climate strikes led by Gen Z, to a historic impeachment, the year has been a roller coaster with as many ups as downs. 

As the digital editor at 猫咪社区!, I have the unique opportunity to read every single one of our solutions stories before we publish them for all to see. I have learned that solutions take many forms. Sometimes they are replicable, such as the library in British Columbia that is decolonizing how it organizes information. Sometimes solutions look like one small, individual action, such as connecting with a neighbor. And sometimes, solutions require us to name the problems courageously to solve them, like toxic masculinity or the whitewashing of Martin Luther King Jr. 

Based on our most popular stories of 2019, it鈥檚 clear our readers craved honesty, hope, and guidance from 猫咪社区! articles, and on behalf of myself and the editorial team, sharing these kinds of stories with you all is our sincerest pleasure. Please enjoy our most popular stories of 2019, and here鈥檚 to more solutions in 2020. 

One final note: 猫咪社区! needs to raise $317,000 by December 31 to fund the stories we have planned in the coming year. We鈥檙e nonprofit and ad-free鈥攚e depend on readers like you鈥攕o if you value stories like these, please to ensure we can keep them coming.

1. This Is How Borrowing Sugar From Our Neighbors Strengthens Society 

Research shows that small talk and casual connections create happy communities and less-lonely individuals.

2. 20 Ways You Can Help Immigrants Now

How you can take action to help immigrants in transition, in detention, and in crisis.

3. The Choices We Make For Others at the End of Life

A palliative care nurse explains what to expect in the last days and hours.

4. The Trauma of Toxic Masculinity

What really lies beneath the anger and aggression of traditional White masculinity.

5. The Part About MLK White People Don鈥檛 Like to Talk About

Dr. King was widely disliked for his message of liberation for oppressed people in this country鈥擝lack people, Brown people, Native people, all poor people.

6. This Library Takes an Indigenous Approach to Categorizing Books

Xwi7xwa library in British Columbia is working to decolonize the way libraries organize information.

7. The Trauma of Transracial Adoption

It takes a lot to break through the brainwashing and barriers of Whiteness鈥攅ven for those raised with racial support.

8. 鈥淲hen They See Us鈥� Is Triggering. That鈥檚 Why You Should Watch It

Ava DuVernay鈥檚 Netflix miniseries pulls back the layers of a corrupt, barbaric system that devalues Black and Brown lives.

9. The White Earth Band of Ojibwe Legally Recognized the Rights of Wild Rice. Here鈥檚 Why

Finally, plant species have rights, too.

10. How to Turn Dirt Into Soil 

Simple steps for cultivating a revolution in your backyard.